On Friday, Dec. 4, Carol Ortenzio, Eileen Cunningham and I birded some hotspots in Mesa County.
Redlands Parkway Ponds - *Black Phoebe, *Say's Phoebe, Mountain Bluebird and Ruby-crowned Kinglet were all hanging out around the larger pond. The Black Phoebe was taking bugs off the water, while the others were finding insects in the foliage above and around the pond on the ground and in the rabbitbrush. The smaller alkali pond had 26 Canvasbacks (16 male). Seems like a high count for Mesa County. Marsh on private land west of Mack - *Sora (2), *Virginia Rail (3), Wilson's Snipe (1), Marsh Wren (2). Adjacent to the marsh In a small grove of trees which included several large willow trees with leaves still intact we counted 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglets. They were gleaning something among the willow leaves. I don't remember ever seeing that many together in one location. Number of other birds in same location (Downy Woodpecker, Song Sparrows & juncos, Am. Goldfinch). Highline Lake SP - *10 Trumpeter Swans ( 9 adult & 1 juvenile). *Also had a female Prairie Falcon, Golden Eagle, and 2 adult Bald Eagles. Mike Henwood Grand Junction Mesa County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAL4VesobTS6Vo35jOj59KYMz9CJFAzjTGLprxfpu%3D22ZTFmM_w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
